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The Doubling Rule Spelling Game

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Hi everyone! When using the Orton-Gillingham approach or in any reading intervention program, the review portion is such an important component. Using games to review is a great way to reinforce learning.

Today, I have a fun game to share with you for reviewingthe doubling rule, also know as the 1+1+1 rule. Welcome Ann Whitten, from AikenLearning Lab.

Ann has a wealth of ideas, and this one is so practical, you'll be able to set it up and use it tomorrow. If you play Ann's game, please come back here and leave us a comment. Thank you!

The
Doubling Game

Students
who struggle with reading and spelling need to be given lots of opportunities
to have fun, motivating practice in order to achieve fluency.It is especially difficult for students of
all ages to internalize the spelling generalizations for adding suffixes.

Before
playing this game make sure that your student can sort suffixes into two
groups—Vowel Suffixes (those that start with a vowel, like -ing) and Consonant
Suffixes (those that start with a consonant, like –ly).

The
Doubling Game – The object of the game
is to have the most points for correctly spelled real words at the end of the time limit set for the game.

Make
a separate deck of suffix cards in another color along with a number 2, 3, or
4, written in the lower right hand corner of each card.My suffix cards include:-ness (4), -ly (2), -ing (2), -ed (3), -er
(4), -est (3), -y (4), and –en (4).The
numbers in parentheses are the points that I have on each card.You can include fewer suffixes as appropriate
for your student.Each student must have
a piece of paper and a pencil to record words he makes and the score for
each.

Word
cards are placed face down in a stack in the center of the playing area.The suffix cards are placed face up in a
column to the right of the word cards.

To
play: a player selects a word card and holds it next to each suffix and
pronounces the possible word.If a real
word is made, the student writes that word on his score sheet with the points
earned for that suffix in a column next to the word.

If
the student has to use the doubling rule, he gets to double his score for that
word!This is an extremely motivating
feature of this game because if the teacher is playing also, the teacher does
not get this advantage and must take only the score indicated for that suffix.

The
player continues his turn with the same word, trying each suffix, and writing
each real word with the correct spelling until all suffixes have been
tried.The base word is then retired
from the game.

It
is perfectly fair to question the player such as “Why did you decide to double
(or not double) the middle consonant?” All words written must be spelled correctly so
the spelling generalization for doubling the final consonant will receive a lot
of verbal reinforcement throughout the game.

My
students and I have also decided that any player can issue a “Point of Order”
or “Challenge” to a word if they believe it is not a real word and cannot be
used.We then look those words up on a
dictionary app on my phone and see if the word can be used or not.

Play
continues until a specific time limit is reached or a certain number of words
have been spelled and then the scores are added.This game can continue for multiple days with
scores being totaled each day for the ultimate Doubling Game winner!

Variation for younger
students: To
play the game, students must know short vowels, digraphs, blends and patterns
with /nk/ and /ng/:Play with just the
suffix –ing, and make a deck with the following word cards on one color:cut,
get, sob, shed, shop, ship, wag, box, skip, drag, tip, zip, chat, punch, clap,
honk, think, sting, mix, clip, sip, pat, mop, log, sit, chop, rip, hop, thank,
bank, sink, rush, top, tip, crunch, shut, run, hit, and dig.Print the suffix –ing on a different
colored card.For each word drawn, the
student must throw a dice to see how many points that word is worth.The student then holds the word card next to
–ing and reads the word, then writes it correctly on his score sheet, doubling
the consonant if needed.As in the
previous game, if the doubling rule must be used, the student is allowed to
double the points earned.Play as
suggested above. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you for more stopping by today! If you are looking for more doubling rule practice feel free to check here and here in my TpT store. Have a great day!

My name is Emily. I am a mom of four, and an educator who loves creating and blogging about all things literacy! As an Orton-Gillingham instructor, I seek to find and create resources to assist children with dyslexia. Thank you for stopping by my blog today!